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Raytheon Hawker HorizonType (Muster)“Super mid-size” business jet (mittelgroßer Geschäftsreisejet) Country (Land) USA Manufacturer (Hersteller) Raytheon Aircraft Company PO Box 85 Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085 USA Phone: 001-316/676-7007 Fax: 001-316/676-4748 General (Allgemeine Angaben) Crew (Besatzung): 2 Passengers (Passagiere): 8 in standard arrangement in double “club four” layout, or a maximum of 14 Baggage: 2,83 cu m compartment at the rear Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A with FADEC Thrust (Schub): 2 x 30,66 kN (6900 lbs), flat rated to ISA + 20 deg C Fuel flow at high-speed cruise (Verbrauch): 804 kg/h or 722 k/h at intermediate cruise speed or 694 kg at long range cruise speed Inspection interval (Inspektionsintervall): 3000 hrs for the initial hot section inspection, 6000 hrs TBO Dimensions (Abmessungen) Length (Länge): 21,08 m Height (Höhe): 5,97 m Span (Spannweite): 18,82 m Wing area (Flügelfläche): 49,3 sq m Wing aspect ratio (Flügelstreckung): 7.2 Wing sweep at quarter chord (Flügelpfeilung): 28,4 deg Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 7,62 m without cockpit Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 1,97 m Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,83 m Cabin volume (Kabinenvolumen): 21,58 cu m without cockpit Sea level cabin to: 25240 ft Weights (Massen) Basic empty weight (Leermasse): 9596 kg Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 1563 kg Payload with max fuel (Nutlast mit max. Kraftstoff): 837 kg Fuel (Kraftstoff): 7910 litres (6486 kg) Max. zero fuel weight (max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 11340 kg Max. ramp weight (max. Rollmasse): 17100 kg Take-off weight (Startmasse): 17010 kg Max. landing weight (max. Landemasse): 15195 kg Performance (Flugleistungen) High speed cruise (Reisegeschwindigkeit): 870 km/h or Mach 0.82 Intermediate cruise speed: 828 km/h, Mach 0.78 Long range curise speed (Langstrecken-Reisegeschwindigkeit): 796 km/h, Mach 0.75 at FL 410 Time to climb to FL 370 (Steigzeit auf FL370): 13,1 min Max. certified altitude (Gipfelhöhe): 13715 m (45000 ft) Service ceiling (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 13075 m (42900 ft) Ceiling with one engine out (Einmotoren-Gipfelhöhe): 8535 m (28000 ft) Take-off field length (Startstrecke): 1550 m at sea level/ISA at max. take-off weight 2342 m at 5000 ft elevation, 25 deg C and 27500 lbs take-off weight Landing distance (Landestrecke): 885 m at sea level/ISA, max. landing weight Range (Reichweite) - 5117 km with 1560 kg payload - 5830 km with six passengers at Mach 0.82 - 6100 km with 837 kg payload - 6295 km with four passengers at 783 km/h average speed - 6439 km ferry range with zero payload Airframe design life (Lebensdauer): 20000 hrs Costs (Kosten) At the rollout in April 2001, the price was quoted as 16,9 million US-Dollars. In 1996, a price of 14,5 million US-Dollars was announced. Direct operating costs per hour were said to be 919 US-Dollars (April 2001). Customers (Kunden) After cancellations, the orderbook stood at 30 to 40 aircraft in September 2003. Raytheon had over 150 orders and options by October 1999, and the same figure was mentioned at the roll out in April 2001. Biggest customer was Executive Jet´s NeJets fractional ownership programme with 50 plus 50 options, announced at the Paris Air Show in 1999. Potential value was 2 billion US-Dollars, but this order was cancelled in 2002. Raytheon Travel Air, a fractional ownership company, has 27 Horizons on order. Competition Bombardier Challenger 300 Cessna Citation X Dassault Falcon 2000 Gulfstream G200 (Galaxy Aerospace Galaxy) Remarks (Bemerkungen) The Hawker Horizon is the largest aircraft ever built by Raytheon Aircraft. It fits the “super mid-size” class, with stand-up cabin. Range should allow nonstop segments like London – New York or Tokyo – Honolulu. Distinctive technical features of the Horizon are:
History (Geschichte) The Hawker Horizon was officially announced at the NBAA Convention at Orlando on 19. November 1996, but the design had started in 1993. Wind tunnel tests had taken place in 1995. At the time of the unveiling, a first flight in late 1999 and customer deliveries in the spring of 2001 were mentioned. The first wing was delivered from Fuji Heavy Industries in December 1998. The three pieces of the fuselage were mated on 9 October 2000. Composite fuselage and wing were mated on 16 January 2001. The entire process took less than 30 minutes. Rollout of the Hawker Horizon took place on April 17, 2001 at Wichita. The maiden flight was performed on August 11. With Horizon Chief Test Pilot Tom Carr at the controls, the business jet flew a 2 1/2 -hour mission from Wichita's Beech Field that tested the aircraft's flying qualities, engine operation, low-speed handling and climb performance. Co-pilot was Hans Betz and flight test engineer was Andy Collier. The aircraft flew to 10,500 feet and operated at speeds up to 225 knots. "The aircraft was everything we expected and more," said Carr. "Performance and handling qualities were exactly as expected. Controls were very responsive and predictable. We're ready to go up again." The second Horizon (RC-2), billed as the systems certification test airframe, made its maiden flight on 10 May 2002. Senior test pilot Randy Rosebrok was at the controls. The mission was 88 minutes, cut short due to approaching weather. At that time, RC-1 had over 150 flight hours in the book. RC-3 joined the programme on 31 July 2002. It was designated as the avionics test aircraft. The Horizon made its official public debut at the 2002 NBAA Convention in Orlando on 9 September. About 200 hours were flown at that stage, collecting more than 1600 test conditions. Hawker Horizon test aircraft RC-3 flew for 7.6 hours in April 2003, exceeding the duration of any other test flight in Beechcraft and Hawker history. Several days later, all three aircraft conducted a total of seven flights in one day. RC-4 underwent the first interior fitting around that time. FAA certification tests were expected to be complete in 2003 after 2600 flight hours. This would be about two years later than announced in 1999. In the autumn of 2003, it transpired that there will be another slip, to mid-2004. Raytheon claimed that its main target is to deliver a reliable aircraft from the start. Deliveries are now targeted to start in November/December 2004.
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